The Surgeon General should put a warning on all electronic screens: The use of electronic devices can be hazardous to your emotional and social health.

Make cool music! Make cool magic!

These can also be used like bean bags for playing catch or throwing into containers.

Grab and push and mix and blend and enjoy the squeeze. Release that frustration!

Working with our hands can be very calming to our bodies. Creating with our hands can be very soothing to our souls.

Working with our hands can be very calming to our bodies. Creating with our hands can be very soothing to our souls.

Frogbellies are fun and interesting; tactile experiences like this can be calming for children.

For those who want to have their playdough and eat it, too!

For a happy meal, the focus of mealtimes should not be the food, but on sharing and communicating and spending time with family. Connecting with your child is the important part of a happy meal, not what is on the table. For young children, food is love, so power struggles over food don't have a place at the table.

Looking for holiday toys? The best toys require no batteries and no electrical cords--only a child's imagination.

July 4th is Independence Day in the United States. Why not make every day Independence Day for your child? The birthright of every child is independence.

In spring, eggs are used by many religions and cultures. This egg activity can also provide enrichment opportunities

February may be the shortest month, but it can seem like the longest! Cabin fever? Snow? Power outages? Short dark days? Two months until Easter and Passover and Spring Break! The daily grind? Yikes! Here are four ways to turn February Funk into February Fun.

When my children were little, they had a lot of friends in the neighborhood and exchanging holiday gifts became a complicated exercise, especially for children who already had more than enough "stuff." One holiday season the other parents and I decided that our children needed to experience more giving and less getting.